a trainee's view

at least 2 times in a week

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uni islamic centre

alhamdulillah
after a year that vic muslim requested uni for bigger space to pray, we're finally granted with a house that operates as a muslim student centre in VUW. it's a bit far from the campus, but it's worth the fight. uni rep said that it's hard to allocate this space as there's also demands from other groups as well. but alhamdulillah, we managed to get it. this is my first ramadhan as an oversea student. & having islamic centre for tarawikh and iftar event somehow made me feel grateful for this opportunity. 

ihya' ramadhan

first few events that were officiated at our new home

semoga kita semua mengimarahkan lagi islamic centre ini!

iA

iftar with usrah siblings

salam.


we did have iftar together i think last week or so. i felt so happy that actually my siblings has increased! alhamdulillah. we had nasi kerabu cooked by cik najihah and other dishes as well. usually usrah gathering buat kat 91 kelburn parade (my house) or rumah kak mira. but this iftar, we gather at k.mira's house. actually masa usrah pun selalu je makan-makan. hehe.

weee. seronok iftar ramai2. terawikh sama2. i always look forward for usrah.
terima kasih semua!
=)

monday blues

i don't know why i don't prefer mondays at first place. well yeah ppl might say that's just because you don't to get your system started back after two days break. well for me, i don't like it because that's the day that i have the lowest motivation level. slightly down the par. why? um i don't know how to speak my opinion right in the sociolinguistics tutorial. it's soo hard to get in line with those people who think critically about the content area. i was like, oh my, how am i going to survive until the end of the course.. T_T the pressure is everything. from presentation, taking part in discussion. and examination. it's fun to learn the language in social context. um yeah. well maybe i just need to speed up more. even more.


this is killing me.


hey, it's snowing outside! in wellington!

i

should've started to worry about it earlier on

money is always the big issue

rezeki Allah dimana-mana

*the magic phrase that keeps me calm.always*

petrouchka, ballerina and moor

it's quite a busy week that i left the blog unattended. tests are coming next week and gotta be prepared as the marks from previous test was not very convincing. but yeah, human need breaks. i'd just submitted the last assignment for this semester, & take instant rest. 

so here comes the ballet show story. i'm not that fond of ballet and classical music. let alone the black swan. since we (TESOL students) have this cultural events, we've got to pick 2 events to be attended. so, i chose ballet show and matariki event (a maori one). we've to attend the show and pay for it. students price were 25nzd but we managed to pay only 8nzd ;D *tell me who doesn't like cheap stuff.lol*. headed to St. James theatre, with nothing to be expected. well i didn't really know that the dress code is quite formal. people wearing night dress, pearl necklace, fur coats, bow tie; things like that. now look at me, what i'm wearing? denim jeans and shirt. -_-''''' luckily there's much students who just dressed casually that i felt not out of place. like really. 

the theatre itself resembles much influence of the English style stage. huge crimson curtains, curvy shaped audience seats, with magnificent chandelier. the lighting somehow just drag you to shakepeare's era. reminded me of shakespeare in love movie with gwyneth paltrow in it. as that was the first time i watched ballet, i couldn't be much more excited than before. haha. 

the man with bow tie and the entrance itself shows how much formality is defined.

coat counter. $1 for each hang.

#1 the seats arrangement. #2 the stage. #3 audience taking up seats before the show begins. #4 live orchestra down under. did i forget to tell you that they're awesome? 

the show was divided into three parts; classical, modern, and the best part- petrouchka story. a story that's just used movement and face expression. though there's no dialogue, people enjoyed it. & there's intervention between each part. back in malaysia, we used to eat popcorn or sausages when we watch something. now i wonder why people enjoy eating ice-cream in a ballet theatre? looks weird when you dress nicely but then wait, you're eating ice-cream like kids? err macam tak cool aje. the show lasted for about 2hours.

during intervention. we didn't bring food. so, just camwhore.

typical perempuans (nad,2011)

lol.

a friend of mine managed to get a snapshot during the applause. music conductor, director & people involved.

clap3.

indeed an experience that worth the money. is this how people get satisfaction when they enjoy live performances? i get it.



.

i think i dropped my lung out a few secs

 miserable face. lagi-lagi tudung hijau tu.

-.-

swoop!

it's a bugee-like game. but we're put in three sacks. tapi still tak rase secure jugak.hish3.

and we're falling down, swinging few times.

you can feel that you actually drop your life in seconds.

*i wonder sape-sape yang bunuh diri terjun bangunan tu macam ni rasenye ke ha?*

i dare not to do the bungee jump

ni pun nak jerit; tapi sebab cuak sangat sampai tak boleh nak jerit

-___-''''''

so, cik norazah, cik noraisah, bila nak datang ni?

these streets

 

these streets have much to do with people's lifestyle. say it about event, garage sales, gigs or anything that you want public to notice, write it down the lane. such impressive ads. it's another option of putting flyers on the lamp posts along the road. you'll see more in wellington. how i wonder where the heck they've the idea of doing this.perhaps a passed down culture. though it's just ads that we tend to step onto, it'll stand out even in the crowd. with bright colored chalks, catchy words, you'll definitely follow the trail. red colored chalk, bold words, arrows.yeah.

when one dissapears, another one will take place.none will stay longer.

just like us.

kitchen inventory

house of warm people

91KP

i reckon this is a so-called-tough job as we've to count kitchen utensils in this house. with low level of kitchen utensil's knowledge, it's a chaos in the kitchen as these girlss (we are) had confusion which one was which one. -__-''''

 frying pan; sauce pan. errr can't you tell the difference? because we don't know.

heishhhhhhh.

the blue bottle is dishwasher's washing powder. since that we rarely use the dishwasher to wash the cutleries, plates etc (rasenya tak pernah), we took the powder & umm turn it into dishwashing paste (just that once. tu pun sebab we ran out of dishwashing liquids). bajet je konon boleh basuh pinggan macam sunlight. jangan terpedaya dengan yang ini kerana ia direka untuk dishwasher, bukan basuh pinggan manual; so takde sabun. hampeh btol

the top rack's for mugs, plates, glasses.

bottom one; chopping boards. got plenty here ;D

 so does the knives. this is the most interesting part of all the counting sessions.

why? BECAUSE WE CAN'T DISTINGUISH THE CARVING KNIFE, CHOPPING ONE OR WHATSOEVER *selama ni main hentam je potong bawang ke daging ke cincang2 ke dengan mane2 pisau. so yeah. again. we need to attend utensil class. -___-

 notice the boxes. of rice cookers. we're asians so we eat rice a lot. makan roti memang tak kenyang. eh tapi makan nasi lepastu makan roti lepastu makan lagi macam mane nak claim kenyang kalau sebegitu rupa??

 others as well.

nampak takkk betapa semangat nak tahu kitchen knife tu kejadah hape sampai sanggup nih bawak laptop dan ye mari kita google di internet. *list barang2 dekat sebelah

so yeah ladies, we should acquire the utensil knowledge. who knows kan mak mertua tanya nanti lepastu segan sendiri tak reti jawab. harap je belajar oversea tapi bab tahu menahu pasal alatan memasak macam asdfghjkl.

-.-''

the 8.9 richter scale effect : tsunami

google homepage.click.

 

nak jugak list nz as the first few countries to be affected by the strong quake that hit japan. like what. ingatkan after there's no alert about quakes, then everything will be fine. but yeah, still, just don't be so unconscious in your sleep. bila start autumn dah lapar camni. sebab tu lah pegi makan the last biscuit from malaysia : chipsmore. tahu takkkk biskut tu untuk emergency case?? in case ade apape boleh jek terus grab emergency bag then go. tapiiiiiii aku ni dah pergi geledah balik beg tu sebab nak cari biskut ---->kelaparan && sebab malas nak turun dapur sebab rumah ni 4tingkat & dapur bawah sekali. -__-  memang dasar lapar tu dah tak kira ape dah. memang dah tak rupe emergency bag sebab fail dokumen pun asyik keluar masuk bag je. pasport pun sama. lepastu seluar jeans spare pun dah pakai dah harini. ni esok lusa tak tahulah apebenda pulak azean ni nak geledah kat beg tu -.-''''

ok tsunami alert. though welly's a bit tersorok from the big ocean, but then still counted as near the shore. bay and so on. maybe boleh kemas balik emergency bag? maybe boleh restock chipsmore yang dah habis makan tu dengan bluebird chips? & some whittakers bars? em.

reignite the passion

 

i fell in love with books since i was a kid. reading scriptures actually give me a sense of relaxing nerves but to jam up your mind with the story. teeheehee. i don't mind. i get lost in my world, nobody's going to interrupt, & just enjoy the ride. i hardly finish reading a book within a week. that's for the heavy themes like family, cross culture, dilemma  etc. *i didn't finish reading eat, pray, love that i wanted to continue reading it so badly. sisters in malaysia, mind posting the novel to nz?* hm. for chick flick? snap it & i'll be done reading it for few days.haha. but yeah that's how i seek pleasure in light readings. for academic stuff, i seriously need to pay attention to it. like reading just a paragraph of teaching thingy, you'll see me with drooling eyes; or yet, dead on the table. && i only started revising for about 10 minutes. -_____-'''' *serious cure needed*

& because of the books; i walked down to the town, with freezing cold atmosphere and chilly wind, just to have a look at books at borders. it's a sad news that they're about to close the stores in wellington due to the decrease quantity of people buying books from them. & that an academic staff said that (as being told to a friend) it's a trend for the kiwis to lend books from the library than purchasing one from the bookstore. plus they've got e-books & having the idea of going green (e-book means less printed pages. less printed pages means less trees to be cut for paper production). yeahh i can see that the resources are plenty. even the uni's library has tonnes of books that they're sorted out in 9 different levels. now, let's see malaysia. ermm. perhaps we should buckle up and read some more. emm. 

back to the bookstore.

there were even further marked down prices that i wanted to grab more books. *excuse me miss your purse doesn't thick enough to indicate that you've got much money here. -.-  but but it's extremely cheap. even you've converted the currency to malaysian ringgit. like purchase one and it's 10NZD. purchase 3 and woahh 20NZD only. isn't it a wise bargain?

 

the love of my life by louise douglas - 8NZD

the consequence of love by sulaiman addonia - 5NZD

*mind you this is not typical love story that you gain nothing from it.*

see.

haven for book lovers.

come grab some before they're closing.

soon.